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Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation shitshow
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Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation shitshow
2023-03-22

If you don’t believe the rushed launch of AI chatbots by Big Tech has an extremely strong chance of degrading the web’s information ecosystem, consider the following:

Right now,* if you ask Microsoft’s Bing chatbot if Google’s Bard chatbot …

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About the Database

The AI Incident Database is dedicated to indexing the collective history of harms or near harms realized in the real world by the deployment of artificial intelligence systems. Like similar databases in aviation and computer security, the AI Incident Database aims to learn from experience so we can prevent or mitigate bad outcomes.

You are invited to submit incident reports, whereupon submissions will be indexed and made discoverable to the world. Artificial intelligence will only be a benefit to people and society if we collectively record and learn from its failings. (Learn More)

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Wordcounts

These are the most common rooted and stemmed words across all incident reports. More details are available on its data summary page.

    compani

    4976

    peopl

    4703

    system

    4670

    new

    4267

    sai

    3486

    technolog

    3447

    data

    3398

    algorithm

    3397

    polic

    2898

    user

    2896
The Responsible AI Collaborative

The AI Incident Database is a project of the Responsible AI Collaborative, an organization chartered to advance the AI Incident Database. The governance of the Collaborative is architected around the participation in its impact programming. For more details, we invite you to read the founding report and learn more on our board and contributors.

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